certainly, janet napolitano has told us they were flagged when they left the country. however, was pinged when he returned. and the question is, well, did the russian authorities -- when did they let us know about this conversation that he had with his mother that they picked up on, after he returned, before he returned? that's going to be difficult to know. these are really important questions that some of these congressional leaders are going to want answers to because it's the lessons learned about the boston bombing. and we're starting to see that part of the story take shape. look for that to happen next week. >> i think, chris, as well, we're in the mystery part of this story. nobody is going to move on until we know how this happened. let me go to jackie on this. jackie kucinich at the "post" about this, the sequester, the way this is played, certainly, by the democrats to show how cruel it can be. my question, it's a tough one pour the president if i were to get at him today, what exactly is your offer to the republicans that you think they might accept to get